How to Stretch Your Tight Hamstrings, Safely

Описание: Physical Therapist Margaret Martin demonstrates how to stretch your tight hamstrings safely.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:20 Flexibility Test
03:43 Calf Stretch
06:39 Distal Hamstring Stretch
07:41 Proximal Hamstring Stretch
08:45 Very Tight Hamstrings
10:02 Moderately Tight Hamstrings
12:03 Less Tight Hamstrings
12:28 Relaxed Hamstring Stretch
14:41 Outro

Flexible hamstrings help keep spines safe and strong. They allow you to hinge from your hips and bend forward without flexing your spine. In today’s post I demonstrate how to stretch hamstrings and make them more flexible.

I will follow a four step process to help you increase hamstring flexibility.

1. Discuss hamstring anatomy.
2. Show you how to test hamstring flexibility or tightness and determine the right hamstring stretch for you.
3. Demonstrate how to stretch hamstrings with four variations of a lying hamstring stretch.
4. Identify whether you should do calf stretches before you try to increase your hamstring flexibility. If your calf muscles are tight it is important that you first take time to stretch your calf otherwise it will limit your ability to fully stretch your hamstrings.